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title: "Yes Cars: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Yes Cars provides used vehicle retail services in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/yes-cars"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Yes Cars: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Yes Cars provides used vehicle retail services in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Yes Cars
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships**: 9.5%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Palmerston North used car dealerships | 3 | 9.5% | 330 |

- [Palmerston North used car dealerships](/demand/nz/categories/nz-palmerston-north-used-car-dealerships)

## How has branded search demand for Yes Cars changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Yes Cars in New Zealand fell from 490 to 330.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Yes Cars’ estimated Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand decreased from 12% to 9.5%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Yes Cars’ estimated Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand peaked at 20.7% in February 2026 and was lowest at 9.5% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Yes Cars fell from 2nd to 3rd among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand palmerston north used car dealerships in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Japan Cars overtook Imported Carz to rank 4th among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand, at 6%.
- In August 2026, Ian Humphrey Motors gained estimated Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand, from 60.1% to 66.2%.
- In August 2026, Yes Cars lost estimated Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand, from 13.9% to 9.5%.
- In August 2026, Imported Carz lost estimated Share of Search among palmerston north used car dealerships in New Zealand, from 6.2% to 3.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Mainly Cars in New Zealand rose 15.6% over 11 measured months, from 450 to 520 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 490 | 12% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 600 | 17.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 400 | 13.8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 610 | 17.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 610 | 20.7% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 600 | 18.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 600 | 20.4% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 400 | 12.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 400 | 12% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 490 | 13.9% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | 330 | 9.5% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Palmerston North used car dealerships | — | — | — |

## How is Yes Cars measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Yes Cars’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “yes cars nz”
- “yes cars palmerston north”
- “yes cars used cars”

## Which palmerston north used car dealerships compete with Yes Cars?

- [Ian Humphrey Motors](/demand/nz/brands/ian-humphrey-motors): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/ian-humphrey-motors-vs-yes-cars
- [Mainly Cars](/demand/nz/brands/mainly-cars): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/mainly-cars-vs-yes-cars
- [Japan Cars](/demand/nz/brands/japan-cars): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/japan-cars-vs-yes-cars
- [Imported Carz](/demand/nz/brands/imported-carz): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/imported-carz-vs-yes-cars

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Yes Cars: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/yes-cars

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